Global attractivity, I/O monotone small-gain theorems, and biological delay systems

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 549-578

  Enciso, G A ^a   Sontag, E D ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay systems; Global attractivity; Mathematical biology; Monotone systems; Negative feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644537705     PISSN: 10780947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/dcds.2006.14.549     Document Type: Article

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